The worst news is confirmed for Alexey Lukyanuk and his co-driver Alexey Arnautov, current leaders of the European Rally Championship. The Russians will not start at the Barum Czech Rally Zlín, the fourth round of the season in the continental competition. This has been confirmed by Citroën Racing on its Twitter profile.
As we reported this morning in Tramalón, the Russian crew suffered a severe accident in the tests prior to the Czech race, greatly damaging the front of the Saintéloc Junior Team Citroën C3 Rally2. The team will not be able to repair the car in time.
This is a very important setback for the championship. To date, Lukyanuk leads the contest with a point advantage over Andreas Mikkelsen, six over Efrén Llarena and seven over Mikołaj Marczyk. The “zero” caused by this crash could make things very difficult for you. Everything will depend on the role of his direct rivals.
The Rally of Barum begins this Friday morning with the shakedown at 7:30 in the morning. The same Friday the teams will face the super special of Zlín. During Saturday and Sunday they will have 14 stages ahead, which add up to more than 200 timed kilometers.
